blogitty....blog!

the jester

2011-04-13T16:32:00.001-07:00

WHAMIX

2011-04-01T11:08:00.000-07:00

Hey all,

Anthology 451 hooked up with Whamix who created an app for reading comics on the ipad. Ah...glorious future tech. Their are some great titles available and the list continues to grow. Link on the side for the app, which is free!

Captain Awesome and Commander Ninja vs. Bugtor!

2011-01-31T11:35:00.001-08:00

Matte

2011-01-21T17:23:00.000-08:00

Tryin a few different things... I recently bought one of the Dylan Cole demos from Gnomon and wanted to try a realistic matte painting. I used a picture I had taken a while back as the plate.

ARP-14

2011-01-12T23:37:00.000-08:00

...one escape pod was recovered. No one aboard....

2011-01-03T13:32:00.000-08:00

quick speed paint

2011-01-02T22:21:00.001-08:00

Crab King prepares for war!

2010-12-16T11:50:00.001-08:00

WORST. BED & BREAKFAST. EVER.

2010-11-29T14:16:00.001-08:00

Hey, If you're gonna be in the LA area next weekend, we're having an Anthology 451 book release at Nucleus Gallery on Dec. 4th from 2-5. Come by and say Hi. Some artists from the book will be there including John Hoffman, Kris Pearn, Rodolph Guenoden, Myself and Viktor Kalvachev. Should be fun.

update: After thinking about it, and considering Bernard's comment I wanted to try a version that addressed some of the things that were bugging me a bit. Unify the image a bit more. Voila!

2010-10-25T11:27:00.000-07:00

LINK TO "FABLE 3" OPENING CINEMATIC

LINK TO "KNIGHT'S CONTRACT" VIDEO

I was super lucky to be involved in a few projects that were recently released. I did storyboards for the Fable3 opening cinematic as well as boards for the cinematics in Knight's Contract. The projects were done by Blur Studio and it was a pleasure to work with the awesome crew there. A few friends have asked to see these so I figured it's easiest to post here. Cheers.

images copyright Blur Studio.

2010-09-08T19:41:00.000-07:00

Hah! another update.

When I finished the piece below, it had strayed from my original idea so I decided to re-do it.

Update!

2010-08-31T17:19:00.000-07:00

Huzzah! I'm glad to announce a comic I was involved with : Anthology 451. A group of us started this little bad boy a while ago and it's being printed as I type this. Some of the monster talent involved:

John Hoffman (our fearless editor and designer of the cover above)
Rodolphe Guenoden
Robin Joseph
Viktor Kalvachev
Kris Pearn
Mike Thomas (MT)

The bottom image is, of course another gate(and unrelated to the anthology)

RELAX / ENJOY

2010-07-04T19:17:00.001-07:00

chronarium

2010-05-23T08:01:00.000-07:00

Super quick sketch playin around with alchemy. Trying to find interesting shapes for a ship. Also, felt like the blog needed a splash of color.

the dig

2010-05-03T17:00:00.001-07:00

2010-03-14T15:11:00.000-07:00

Well, looks like I have my post for 2010 out of the way. Here's looking forward to 2011! It's been pretty crazy for the last few months. I was super lucky to be involved in storyboarding some video game cinematics in my evenings and working on a new show during the day(I work in animation). I had a moment to take it easy and felt like updating a piece I did years back. Minotaur 2.0

Professor Tildy forgets to turn off the phased-copulance modifier. Hilarity ensues...(end of existence as we know it)

2009-07-19T15:06:00.000-07:00

2009-05-18T21:05:00.000-07:00

Another idea that has been rumblin round the ol noodle. I watched a documentary about a spore (or fungus) that attacks ants, causing them to climb trees. Once they've reached a sufficient height, the spore grows a LONG horn out of the ant's head, killing the ant and spreading more spores.

I thought the robot equivalent could be caused by nano technology that infects the robot, rearranges it's internal parts, and takes control. Crazy Nano-virus.

Portrait of the Sewer King

2009-05-17T09:28:00.000-07:00

I had an image of a guy abandoning society and just walking around an enormous sewer system wearing a beat up,old
Mark V diving suit. He declares himself King.

Another gate!

2009-04-09T09:01:00.001-07:00

Well, my ongoing fascination with doors/gates continues...

opera house

2009-03-27T09:51:00.001-07:00

I think if the Emperor felt like hittin the opera with Vader this is where they might go. Or maybe they hate opera and would blast it from orbit....poor Alderaan.

ol man

2009-03-22T12:55:00.000-07:00

factory

2009-01-08T18:21:00.001-08:00

MUTINY!

2008-11-08T19:25:00.000-08:00

just a quick little sketch

2008-11-01T13:58:00.000-07:00

another take

2008-10-19T14:25:00.000-07:00

wanted to do another take with Mr. Birdhead.

waiting

2008-09-27T10:00:00.000-07:00

The Gate (part 2)

2008-08-18T18:59:00.000-07:00

Instead of spending a great deal of time lamenting the many months that have passed since my last post I shall simply say; Hello Blog. I've missed you.

...tough day on the farm

2008-01-02T20:03:00.000-08:00

PHOENIX

2007-11-15T19:01:00.000-08:00

This is actually a paint over of a sketch that was languishing in my "to do" folder. I think my original intention was a cyber mecha queen(sort of) that wasn't going anywhere. I started just throwing shapes and lines on top. As I was playing with layers, this bird like shape sort of appeared. It ended up with an abstract quality that is different from what I usually do. More experiments!

sketches and quick paints...

2007-09-21T11:32:00.001-07:00

ghost tree

2007-06-04T20:26:00.000-07:00

whoa...bit of a break there. The last few months have been filled with fun new projects and great experiences, but it hasn't left me much free time. For this one I wanted to play with textures, trying to keep it loose.

Around the world in 80 days

2007-03-27T00:09:00.000-07:00

now with color!

the gate

2007-02-28T19:04:00.000-08:00

lava queen and robot( (of course)

2007-02-15T22:25:00.000-08:00

coupla quick studies...playing with colors and compositions

awkward.....

2007-02-11T22:28:00.000-08:00

Wanted a change from the more realistic pieces.

The reclusive genius

2007-02-04T17:35:00.001-08:00

Contrary to popular opinion, the beautiful creatures we know as Unicorns are actually manufactured....in a futuristic factory.....and they can time travel.

creeeeeepy...

2007-01-26T18:15:00.000-08:00

I'm workin on some possible splash pages/covers for the CRUNCH comic. I don't wanna give too much away in terms of what this image represents, but I will say I was trying to capture a creepy/scary element. Not sure if I'm gonna use it(for a few reasons), but it was a good exercise. More to come!

riding hood 2.0

2007-01-09T18:16:00.000-08:00

Return of the fleet

2006-12-17T11:27:00.000-08:00

I think parts of this pic work okay, some not so much. I wanted the foreground element to be very dark and a bit more graphic (supposed to be black rock in DEEP, dare I say otherworldy shadow)...HOWEVER..I'm not sure it's workin. Looks a bit like the foreground is at night, the BG late afternoon. Thoughts, ideas,take out orders.....

CRUNCH!

2006-12-03T20:16:00.000-08:00

Well, the bunny girl and her psychiatrist have found their way into a little comic. I've roughed about half of it. Their's some variation in styles throughout so I was just playin around with different looks. Very rough, nothing final...

The Doctor is in.

2006-11-15T19:53:00.000-08:00

Well, I gotta start by thanking my buddy John(monkeyfeather) for inspiring this piece. We were jammin on some ideas and I told him I was thinkin about another girl/robot piece. He suggested a psychiatrist bot/patient. I used an antique espresso machine as reference for his torso.

weeee.....bubbles!

2006-11-02T23:13:00.000-08:00

little late for halloween....oh well.

No bot could resist her...she was our last chance...

2006-10-08T22:48:00.000-07:00

Completion of Bot-27: World domination imminent

2006-09-14T20:37:00.000-07:00

I'm trying to loosen up, so I figure doing some quick studies might help.It's about 5 by 7 inches. Pretty small considering some of the pieces I've done were 12"x18". Ah well, Who knows!

Oh...how the mighty have fallen...

2006-09-08T22:30:00.000-07:00

Went to the super7/afterworks 2 signing and arrived in time to see this. Wicked!

ghostfish...

2006-08-25T21:48:00.000-07:00

Usually I'll pick at a piece for a while over the course of a week or so. The last few have been bigger, and for this one I wanted to sit down and just go with a rough idea.8 1/2 by 11. No real planning except a thumbnail I sketched. About 2-3 hours I guess.

abandoned by their parents, the children consider their options

2006-08-14T23:15:00.000-07:00

holy hiatus......

2006-08-14T22:57:00.000-07:00

Wow!
Dear diary I can't believe it's been three and a half months. Damn.. Well, it's been very busy in the last couple of months, what with a move to San Francisco, new job, finishing up work at my old job, waiting for instalation of the joyous interweb, etc. I think I'm back on track now, and I refuse to let this blog die. Great start, you're not even posting a drawing. WICKED!....soon

she knew too much....

2006-04-22T12:22:00.000-07:00

damnit...the little bastards have her

2006-03-27T10:07:00.000-08:00

oh... drac!

2006-03-15T08:40:00.000-08:00

I don't know how it happened, but along the way, drac ended up looking a bit like Saddam.huh...

My friend Andrew King!

2006-03-05T13:05:00.000-08:00

A good friend of mine decided to abandon his day job and pursue a career painting full time. He has been doing it for more than a year now, making a living painting what he wants to paint and has never seemed happier. He has worked in the animation industry, and been an art director for live action features. Also, just about one of the most interesting people I've ever met. Check out his stuff:
www.andrewkingstudio.com

goin to market

2006-02-09T13:33:00.000-08:00

well, what can I say? I felt like doin a layout...

Yes....Dance..Dance for our amusement!

2006-02-08T08:00:00.000-08:00

Girl with bull

2006-02-02T08:32:00.000-08:00

At some time I may address my fascination with bulls and minotaurs....but today is not that day!

Raspy colored..

2006-01-13T15:49:00.000-08:00

Wow, this is quickly becoming the post that didn't want to happen. I lost the original digital paint file of this image and then decided to do a simpler "cel" paint style. I did it on a pc and tranferred it to my mac. The difference in saturation was crazy.Both monitors are supposedly calibrated... I tried to fix it to get close to what I had done, but I wonder how it will be viewed on different monitors. huh..

Rasputin...

2006-01-11T14:04:00.000-08:00

I spent a few hours painting this today, and lost it in the joyous land of the computer. Vanished.... I must have over written the psd file when I created a new page to do color tests . Oh well, I shall start again. YAY!!!

Christmas break!

2005-12-25T09:26:00.000-08:00

It's been ridiculously busy for the last few weeks, (as I'm sure it has been for many people.) I went to visit my parents for the holidays and found myself in the basement going through old boxes I've had since I was a kid. I tend to rummage through these boxes for a nostalgia kick now and then... In one of these boxes I chanced across some drawings I did when I was about 10 years old. I was clearly influenced by the ideas of "destroy" and possibly "ninja". I found about twenty or so, and here I shall share a few......

girl

2005-12-08T16:37:00.000-08:00

ARGGGGGGHHHH

2005-12-08T16:32:00.000-08:00

I'm not crazy about how this turned out, but I wanted to get something out for the sake of the idea which tickled me. Little men riding around on the shoulders of pirate birds. Still haven't decided what to put on his shoulder...

2005-11-29T20:01:00.000-08:00

2005-11-29T20:00:00.000-08:00

prussian zombie!

2005-11-29T19:57:00.001-08:00

I decided I would post the stages of this one. I tend to flip most of my work at one stage or another during the process.I inked it with a brush pen, but I proabably could have gotten away with pencil. The painting style didn't really require too much attention to line.

2005-11-29T19:57:00.000-08:00

snake lady!

2005-11-29T19:55:00.000-08:00

tied up cowgirl

2005-11-29T19:52:00.000-08:00

don't read too much into this...

little angry robot

2005-11-24T19:46:00.000-08:00

2005-11-24T18:34:00.000-08:00

These are a couple of charcoal drawings I did a few years ago. The junkyard piece was for an idea I had involving a futuristic telling of Theseus and the Minotaur. Their will definately be a mythological basis to some of the pieces I will post. Always been a fan..

beginnings...

2005-11-20T22:56:00.000-08:00